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Ethel Sands

American-born British artist, socialite, patron (1873-1962) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 88

Ethel Sands was an American-born artist and hostess who lived in England from childhood. She studied art in Paris, where she met her life partner Anna Hope Hudson. Her works were generally still lifes and interiors, often of Château d'Auppegard that she shared with Hudson.

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Sands was a Fitzroy Street Group and London Group member. Her works are in London's National Portrait Gallery and other public collections. In 1916, she became a naturalised British citizen. Although a major art patron and an artist, she is most remembered as a hostess for the cultural elite, including Henry James, Virginia Woolf, Roger Fry and Augustus John.

Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1873 to 1962 · aged 88